The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-04-08
THE PADDOCK MURDER.

he Testimony Of Another Infors1er - -
the Conspiraey-Strong Evidsneo Against
the Defendant ArensdorE
Sioux ClfY, Iowa, March 31.-Alo0re
Koschsinski, alias Bismarck" occupied
the witness box again yesterday morning
in the Haddock murder trial He Is one of
the two 'Dutchmen' referred t. IN Lea
Wits testimony who were hired to do up's.
Hadd0ck, and 10 under indictment % one OF
the conspiratorA Tho city authorities.
while accommodating evidence necessary for,
the arrestA, kept track Of his movements.
from the day Of the murder, and when he
left the city in September with his family
vigilant watch was Kept ON them. He was.
arrested IN San Francisco, and confessed to-
his completely in the tragedy. and named
John Arensdorf - the man who shot the
minister. So far he is the only German out
Of tho large number implicated that has.
turned States evidence.
Mrs. Haddock, wife Of the murdered
minister, made her first appearance i'm
court yesterday.
Koschsinski resumed his evidence from
Tuesdays interruption as follows:
Treiber said: There is where the -
of Q preacher lives. 1 will give you
eSCO if you will whip him." Then he said
he would give ESQ if would whip him. He
asked me il knew Fred Folgcr and an
swered 'Yes." He asked me if l knew
Granda and said ''Yes." He said: "When.
you see him tell him will give him $500 to.
whip Haddock." / told Granda what he-
had said. l then went with him to his
house This was in the afternoon Of the
same day Granda, when told him this,
said: II will meet you at Mr.. Treiber's-
saloon tonight" went to Treiber's that
evening. He said thut Granda was not
there last night. He said: 'You 60 and
see him and tell him to come down and that
he will get &5OO sure when he whips the
preacher" l saw Granda again and told
HIM that Treiber would give him $500 sure
when he whipped that preacher. Granda
said: Il was ut Treiber's last night, but
Trefbcr was rot there" / then met Trci--
Der on the street later and told him that
had seen Granda. Treiber said: "You
come up with me to my saloon tonight,
sure" then came up to the court room
with Treiber and saw the Rev. Haddock
there. Injunction cases were going on in
the court room. l remained in the court.
room until about one o'clock and then left.
and went home. In the evening went to.
Treiber's saloon. Treiber sent me to-
Granda's home to bring him to the saloon.
He gave me five cents for Car fare. went.
down to Granda's house. He was not there.
then returned to Treiber's saloon and hes
was not there. I started down Fourth
street for home. saw Treiber, Granda,
Plath, Munchrath and Paul Leader on the
corner near the Sioux National Bank.
Treiber said: "Show Granda where Had
dock lives" 1 went up toward the preach
er's house with Granda and then went back
to the bank building. When near the
preachers house Granda said he would not.
whip the preacher as there were too many
men who knew him. He told me this when
near the preachers house. When we got
back to the bank Paul Leader, George
Treiber, 8. L. Leavitt. Henry Peters and
Munchrath were standing there. did not
know Leavitt at that time. Granda asked
the fellows to give us drink, and Plath
gave Granda twenty-five cents. We went.
and got drink and went back to the COR
ner. Treiber said: 'Y on 60 down and ask
Charley Eberhart if the buggy has come
back" I went down. This was about one
hour before Haddock was killed. Granda
went with me. / asked Eberhart il the
buggy had returned. called him out of the
Columbus House to ask him. He went back
and sent g man out. remained there about
on hour. did not ask Fitzsimmons about
the buggy. He went into Merrill's stable.
/ saw a buggy ON Water street that night
about one hour after 1 had left the bank
corner. / was standing near Dineen's-
fence, east from the Columbus House. The
buggy came, and walked up toward
Fourth street. The buggy came from
Fourth street and turned north on Water
street. Granda and were on the east side
of Water street when the buggy came.
and went up Fourth street when
the buggy came and saw q crowd of mea
coming down the sidewalk up to the corner
of Fourth and Pearl streets. The men
were going down Fourth street, and We
met them near the alley between Water
and Pearl streets. ! saw Leader, Leavltt,
Plath and Munchrath in
the crowd. Arensdorf was there.
Aronsdorf stood on the corner with the
other men. Leader and / were five feet
from Arensdorf. I saw a man coming
across the street, and Arensdorf said to
Granda, ~ don't want you drunken Dutch
men around here" Rev. Haddock was
then coming across Water street. The
men were on the corner. Mr. Haddock
was coming last ON Water street when I
saw Arensdorf start out toward the
preacher. When in the middle OF the
.
raised his hands to his head and fell.
Paul Leader the next day. ! saw him in q
beer garden the next Monday after the
Fred Folger was also there
Arensdorf said: II guess / want to SEQ
YOU" We went out and he said: II think
you had better get out" said: "Whol"
He said: '.You saw the shooting and you
had better get out" said had no money
and he said: II will give you 500 and you
get out. Fred Folger will drive you out on
the road tomorrow" He said to Folger:
''You come to Junk's tonight and see me,
aud take him to Salix." and not to give me
money. He said il I remained here ] would
get drunk and talk and would get into the
The second day after Had
dock was killed Treiber came to my house
and gave me money. saw Henry Peters
at the beer garden. The next day after Fol-
ger said it was all right and that it was bet
ter for me to leave, as ! was liable to get
in the penitentiary. FOlger said he had
been told by Granda that Arensdorf had
killed HaddOck. He said that il it rained
the next morning we could not get to Salix
in time to take the train. left Sioux City
on Monday the next week after Rev.
Paddock was killed. left at eight o'clock
in the morning. Fred Folger went with
me. We got to Salix about six o'clock
Folger gave me in Salix s95 at the depot
On the second day after Haddock was
killed George Treiber gave me &l2 at my
house. At the beer garden on the day above
referred to Arensdorf said: 'Why did you
not 60 with the SIPS Treiber had given youl
will give you 800 more, but not until you
are on the road going away"
Considered Outrageous.
NEW YORK, March 30.-The Evangelical
Alliance has started vigorous campaign
b. 4laia x,;4x- AZ hill infrpduced in the